| Description |
Satoru Yamane, (then,13), a first-year student in Hiroshima Municipal Shipbuilding Technical School, was exposed demolishing buildings as a mobilized student. His older brother Toru (then, 16) found Satoru near the house, his face swollen large, his entire body burned. When evening came, Satoru was taken to Ninoshima. Toru nursed him devotedly, but Satoru died at 6:00 a.m. on the 7th. Their mother, Hideko, searched for her two sons daily, but only learned of Satoru's death when she saw his name on a list of victims at City Hall. Because no remains returned to the family, they kept the trousers that Toru brought home as a keepsake. |
